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Corporate Chains Revolutionize Fertility Clinics: Improved IVF Success Rates, More Treatments and Safer Outcomes
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BALTIMORE, MD, January 21, 2025 – New research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that corporate chain ownership of fertility clinics not only increases access to treatment but also enhances patient outcomes. The study shows that chain-owned clinics perform 27.2% more IVF cycles, achieve a 13.6% improvement in success rates, and adopt standardized practices that reduce risky multiple births while prioritizing healthier single births.

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The LA crisis is bigger than the fires — insurance is the next burning issue
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The Los Angeles wildfires have spread across tens of thousands of acres of land, burning everything in their path. Homes have been destroyed and lives upended as families begin the process of rebuilding — not only their homes, but their lives.  

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Opinion: What to watch in the coming AI policy shake-up
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Something remarkable is happening in Washington. Tech executives who once shunned the political spotlight now make regular pilgrimages to Capitol Hill, and artificial intelligence — a field that traces back to the 1950s — has become the talk of the town.

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An audio journey of how data and analytics save lives, save money and solve problems.

A look at the coming year with the 2025 INFORMS President

Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Whether this is your first episode, or you are a long-time listener, thank you for joining us and I hope you’ll subscribe for even more great content highlighting the incredible contributions of INFORMS members. To kick off our first episode of the new year, joining me is the 2025 INFORMS President Dave Hunt, vice president at Oliver Wyman, and a 30+ year INFORMS member who received the INFORMS President’s Award for his role in founding INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics and chairing the INFORMS Ethics Guidelines committee.

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How neuromarketing helps us understand post-pandemic changes in consumer behavior

How neuromarketing helps us understand post-pandemic changes in consumer behavior

ZME Science, July 12, 2021

I feel, therefore I buy. Marketers have been aware of the connection between emotional drivers and purchasing decisions for many years now, and they haven’t hesitated to use these emotional drivers to create marketing experiences — in other words, to get you to buy things. While in classic economic theory, consumers are described as rational individuals who decide whether or not to buy a product based on objective factors such as price and utility, recent research points out that most of our purchasing decisions are much less rational than we believe and much more emotional. 

Q&A: Linking Supply Chain and Public Health Data

Q&A: Linking Supply Chain and Public Health Data

Johns Hopkins University, July 7, 2021

Dr. Tinglong Dai, a professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics at the Carey School of Business, has dedicated his career to investigating the interplay between supply chains and healthcare. He says the public should not be pessimistic about the U.S. response to COVID-19 given the incredible advances with vaccine development and an unprecedented level of global data collection. 

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